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Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 16th July 2025
There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th July 2025. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Astonished if lag has term reduced
AAcross 4: Walter Mitty or Houdini after losing old record?
AAcross 9: Films legal advisers downing whiskey
AAcross 10: Crew unwell after following American fleet
AAcross 11: Perhaps chat and propose a place to eat in the gardenBIRD TABLE
AAcross 13: Stop working on trendy kind of music
AAcross 14: People stepping out?
AAcross 17: Goon noted for a silly greeting ...GOOD AFTERNOON
AAcross 21: ... starts to tease Harry on radio, not Spike
AAcross 23: Vehicle with many passengers heading for first class?SCHOOL BUS
AAcross 24: Lie in bed, spoilt rotten?
AAcross 25: Suggestion from adult interrupting sister in front of church
AAcross 26: Maybe pen note before extremely nail-biting final performance
AAcross 27: Detective infiltrating a party? Makes senseADDS UP
DDown 1: Is bad comic, bored by line, making improvised remarks?AD-LIBS
DDown 2: Piece of dialogue at the end of The Conjuring?HEY PRESTO
DDown 3: One of 9 flans served up with little hesitation
DDown 5: Change upset Josh and Switzerland timber supplierSILVER BIRCH
DDown 6: Books comedian Harry to support ace centre for social workersANT-HILL
DDown 7: I was the first to admit Democrat was lazy
DDown 8: Cross people losing temper possibly in middle of protests
DDown 12: Might treatment here make you feel hot? Doctor unable to sayBEAUTY SALON
DDown 15: Bars that drifters must avoid?
DDown 16: Such self-aggrandising pursuits got Piers in troubleEGO-TRIPS
DDown 18: Introduction of alcohol frees relatives
DDown 19: Deep rubbish seen in mound when leaving motorway
DDown 20: Dormant fish eaten up by snake
DDown 22: End room new grad oddly rejected